Explain the impact of empirical evidence on judicial decision making
What will be an ideal response?
The new generation of criminal procedure calls for accurate, reliable, impartial empirical and social scientific evidence primarily aimed at answering two questions: (1) How effective are crime-controlling practices? and (2) What is their effect on individual liberty and privacy? As a compelling example, DNA exonerations conclusively demonstrate that our criminal justice system has wrongfully convicted innocent citizens. DNA exonerations we know about may only be the "tip of the iceberg," so we must not only remember the innocents, but also be aware of any possible shortcomings in the data presented to us.
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a. True b. False
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a. accessory after the fact b. accessory before the fact c. principal in the first degree d. principal in the second degree
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false